I remember the time my wife and I went to a small country churches’ evening of singing, fellowship and a meal. While there, something unusual caught my attention.
An elderly man was there who was partially paralyzed from a stroke. It was hard for him to walk so he parked his pickup close to the fellowship hall entrance.
When he got out of his pickup a small dog got out of the back of the truck and went right to his side. She was pretty and well taken care of but one thing: she kept her eyes on him and followed him everywhere he went.
As he went inside, he stopped momentarily and told her to sit outside the door. I noticed that she kept watching him and kept her eyes on him, and there was even a beautiful sparkle in her eyes. What devotion and love!
That crippled man and the little dog reminded me of something in the Bible.
We should love God voluntarily and be devoted to Him. The Bible even tells how much: with all our heart, soul and mind.
Matthew 22:37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.”
It also goes on to say we cannot have two masters because we will hate one and love the other. The world, material wealth or God.
Matthew 6:24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”
We have the opportunity to have a beautiful loving relationship with God, to be loved and love Him.
John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”
Romans 5:6 , 8 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.... but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
See you in Church next Sunday.